text, un; dustywolf

[softmouth]

hey guys, my name is Dusty Fields (go ahead and laugh, I do)

anyway, after some conversations earlier I thought maybe it'd be useful to organize some stuff with the kitchen and food and all that. partly because it'd help with rationing and partly because not everyone here can cook probably

anyway, at home I cook for a lot of people all at once so I'm pretty used to planning meals in bulk on the cheap so I'm volunteering to take that on for now. I saw a few people say they'd be interested in helping so if anyone wants to help with cooking, figuring out rationing, cleaning up the kitchen, or whatever else, let me know? either here or you can text me individually

also if anyone wants to help but can't cook I can teach them the basics if they hang around while I cook

thanks anyway, for reading and stuff. looking forward to hearing from people

Comments

text; un: oswin

[bossily]

I can help with whatever needs to be done. Whether it's cooking, cleaning, or teaching others. Maybe there's a way we can arrange some sort of schedule, so that no one is having to do it on their own all the time?

[softmouth]

that's a great idea! take shifts or something, for different meals. the help is definitely appreciated, I'm used to like 15-20 people but I don't know how many there are here, probably more than that

what's your name? maybe once we get a few replies here we can meet up and talk about it?

[bossily]

I'm Clara Oswald. I'd love to meet up whenever you have the time. The more people we can get involved, the easier being here will be on everyone.

un: major.yzak.jule

[coordination]

I know how to cook, and very well, but I'm not looking to become some kind of personal chef.

[ He had to throw in that little self brag. ]

That being said, obviously I can lend a hand if it's needed.

With all of these new arrivals, it's going to be bullshit dealing with what food we have if we don't get another drop soon.

It'd be nice if the locked area was hiding some kind of hydroponic system. And nicer if we could access the god damned wing in the first place.

[softmouth]

hey, that's fine, there's no obligation. being able to cook doesn't mean you gotta volunteer. but if you did help out I'd really appreciate it

yeah, the rationing part is the part I'm worried about. the last thing anyone needs is people starving and getting weak if we have to do missions and all

that would be nice. but we can't access it so shouldn't we just work with what we have to work with? maybe there's someone here who's smart enough to build a hydroponic system in the space we do have

[coordination]

We're supposed to be a team here. So it's fine.

[ Someone just has to be a cranky old man about everything. ]

Setting one up would be quite an undertaking. But if someone did have that kind of skill, it'd be extremely useful.

( text | un: jaguar )

[scarcastically]

Rotating schedule works best. We can break up into shifts of cleaning, cooking and rationing. That way, no one gets burned out or has to deal with the bulk of it.

[softmouth]

yeah that makes a lot of sense. I know for sure I won't get burnt out on cooking so I can take the heat off anyone who is, I don't mind taking on the bulk of that. also totally down for cleaning and stuff

do you cook too?

[scarcastically]

I can cook, but I ain't exactly a chef by any means. I do enough to get myself by and that's that.

text; un: ellie

[thevalley]

I was usually better at catching the food than cooking it. So I'm used to being on cleaning duty.

[softmouth]

cleaning duty is also super important, thank you! I'm a decent hunter too, I wonder if there'd be any opportunities to hunt when we're not in space or if it'd be totally useless

[thevalley]

Whatever lives on the planet's gotta eat something, right? Probably bigger question is if we can it what we can eat it.

text; un: lowell

[vibing]

You got one more for cooking here. Pretty used to roughing it, so I'll cook with whatever we have on hand.

It's good of you to take this on. Not everyone would do that.

[softmouth]

awesome! I definitely need the help with rationing and roughing it. I'm pretty creative in the kitchen but I lived on a farm and we never really had to worry about rationing

[The compliment catches him a bit off guard. It doesn't seem like something that not everyone would do.]

thanks. I don't think it's that special, but maybe that's just how my brother raised me

[vibing]

Sure, I can help with that. I was on the road a lot, so we made due when we couldn't buy stuff for a while. Estelle got really into making potato soup.

[ So much potato soup, you have no idea ]

You have a good brother, then.

text; un:scifo

[thinkfirst]

Please count me in to help clean up after everyone's efforts. It's something I really enjoy doing. I can also help figure out rationing and a schedule to make sure we aren't blowing through our supplies.

[ He's so, so tempted by the offer of cooking lessons, but he'll just turn up the first time Dusty is in the kitchen instead of making a fuss about it. There's too much to organize right now to bother him with it, in Flynn's mind. ]

[softmouth]

thanks so much! I honestly can't comprehend enjoying cleaning but different strokes, right? I appreciate that a lot, and also help with scheduling. I'm not the most technical thinker with things like rationing and schedules and everything

[thinkfirst]

I've been this way since I was a child. The scheduling and rationing is a little new, but it's something I've gained a lot of experience with in recent years, and it's a more complicated problem than people realize. Perhaps we could meet up in the kitchen and get everything written out, once you have the names?

text; un: clarke

[romancekiller]

I think that's a good idea to organize something like that, we could probably set up a schedule and take turns with it.

I'm used to rationing because of circumstances back home so I can help with that to keep inventory of what we do have between food and supplies. I don't know how to cook much so I'd need to learn but in the meantime I don't mind pitching in for kitchen clean up either.

[softmouth]

yeah a schedule sounds like a great idea

I'm completely willing to teach you, especially if you can help with rationing stuff, I'm not great at that kind of thing because I had a totally spoiled upbringing on a farm and never had to worry about it. that's way more daunting to me than cooking for a huge group of people

[romancekiller]

Yeah, I think it'd help so we're more organized with people who are volunteering.

It was the complete opposite for me. I've practically grown up on having to ration food and supplies but yeah we can definitely learn from each other on this.

un: song | text

[spoilers]

Well, hello, Dusty Fields.
I'm River Song.

But I won't be much help in a kitchen, I'm afraid.

[softmouth]

oh my god I'm not the only one, thank you

haha that's fine. if you want to learn I can teach you, if not then it's just nice to meet you. I'm sure everyone here has something they're really good at that's useful anyway

text; un:jiangyanli

[soups]

Hello Dusty Fields. You have a lovely name. I am Jiang Yanli.

I am glad there are others interesting in making sure everyone here is well fed. I'm embarrassed to say that I did venture into the kitchen and became somewhat intimidated by the machines they have placed there. I do like the machine with cold magic, but the one with the heat that made loud sounds gave me a fright.

❰ she's talking about a dishwasher, oops. ❱

[softmouth]

thanks. nice to meet you Jiang Yanli. you'll have to tell me how to pronounce that properly if we're in the kitchen together

[It does take him a moment to try to work out what she means - cold magic sounds like a fridge, and also like wherever she comes from has almost no technology. The heat and loud sounds is confusing for a moment, but after a minute it clicks.]

if you've never used appliances (the machines you mentioned) there's no shame in not knowing how they work or being intimidated! it's just a matter of learning, and those ones are pretty easy to pick up. I can show you if you want